Friday, August 3, 2012

Peer pressure and opposite sex drive teenagers to rash driving: XLRI survey

Peer pressure and opposite sex drive teenagers to rash driving: XLRI survey

Peer pressure and opposite sex drive teenagers to rash driving: XLRI survey

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:39 PM PDT

A survey conducted by the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur has revealed that peer pressure and opposite sex are drivers of rash driving.

Award of TSR system contract was transparent, Bhanot tells court

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 06:25 PM PDT

Nothing was kept "secret" regarding the award of Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) system contract to a Swiss firm ahead of the Commonwealth Games, former CWG Organizing Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot, accused in a Games-related corruption case, told a special CBI court on Friday.

Caste, gender biases blight mid-day meal scheme in four states

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 06:24 PM PDT

The flagship Mid-Day Meal scheme in Rajasthan, Orissa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh is afflicted with largescale caste and gender-based discrimination.

Poachers kill only rhino in 'forest man's' woods

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 05:14 PM PDT

Poachers killed a full-grown male rhinoceros inside a forest in Jorhat district, Assam.

Kerala hotel kitchens may shift to the front soon

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT

The drive against adulterated and stale food served in eateries in the city may soon bring in changes in the design of hotels.

Maoist leaders engage in open mud slinging

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT

Is the once well-knit Maoist outfit in southern Odisha showing signs of falling apart? At least two Red posters found in Gajapati and Kandhamal districts recently point at such a possibility.

Discord in Team Anna's camp over decision to join politics

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Team Anna's decision to enter politics, although widely welcomed, has not found favour with many supporters. The discord was apparent and a number of people said the decision to form a political party went against the very principles of the movement.

Challenging UPA to political fight: Team Anna

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Team Anna seems to be set for a political debut with former Army chief Gen V K Singh also joining them in Jantar Mantar.

Naveen Patnaik takes middle path on Pyari loyalists

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 02:15 PM PDT

The ongoing war between chief minister Naveen Patnaik and his erstwhile political guru Pyarimohan Mohapatra contributed much to the much-awaited ministry reshuffle on Thursday.

Hundreds of families evacuated in Kullu as flash flood strikes Beas tributary

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:42 PM PDT

People living close to river between Palchan and Kullu are being evacuated and traffic on national highway has been stopped.

Punjab gets 15 days to set up panel to check land grab cases

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:42 PM PDT

When the matter came up before the HC on Friday, the bench questioned the Punjab government counsel on the delay in providing the infrastructure to the panel, in the absence of a stay order from the Supreme Court.

PSPCL cuts power to whistleblower's home for exposing bribe attempt

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Family head Jaswinder Raikhy got Upper Division Clerk (UDC) Avtar Singh arrested on July 16.He was caught red-handed accepting the bribe money in return of imposing less penalty on the power meter sealed at their house.

Aman Ki Asha: Indo-Pak peaceniks to celebrate independence days at Wagah

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Indian and Pakistani peaceniks would gather at Attari-Wagah border along the India-Pakistan border for the 'Hind Pak Dosti Mela' to celebrate independence days of the two countries on August 14 and 15.

Martyr's body brought home from Assam

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Constable Sandeep Singh and six others suffered critical injuries in an explosion in Golpada, Assam, on July 31.

Ramzan prayers: Now Muslims protest in Jalandhar

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT

The talks on Thursday failed to resolve the issue even as Muslim leaders had offered that they should be allowed to continue the prayers during Ramzan and they would not build a mosque.

Petition against land allotment to Rajiv Trust withdrawn

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:38 PM PDT

The petitioners had challenged the Haryana government's decision to allot around 5 acres to the Rajiv Gandhi charitable trust on a lease for 33 years.

Now, all disabled soldiers to get disability pension

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT

The benefits of disability pension as per the orders would be applicable on all those who became physically challenged on or after January 1, 1996.

End of track for 1927 Kalka-Shimla Rail Motor Car

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Out of the four such rail cars which were made between 1927 and 1930 by the British, this was the last to run on the Shimla tracks that offer a panoramic visual feast to tourists flocking to the state round the year.

HC asks CBI to give Adarsh probe details

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT

The Bombay high court on Friday directed the CBI to file its reply by August 29 on the investigations it carried out against Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in the Adarsh scam case.

Anna is history, says Khurshid

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:48 PM PDT

A day after Team Anna beat a retreat, Congress's glee over the embarrassment of the civil society faction that harried them and the government was on vivid display, with law minister Salman Khurshid declaring that Anna Hazare was history.

SC makes Raipur cops pay for humiliating doctor

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Chhattisgarh government to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a man who was humiliated by police in custody by photographing him after forcing him to hold a placard claiming to be a cheat, thief, fraud and rascal and then circulating the photograph.

SC upholds permanent Lok Adalats and their binding decrees

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of the law setting up permanent Lok Adalats and stipulating the binding nature of their decrees arrived through a compromise struck between parties who were litigating on disputes over public services.

No mercy for stealing from poor, says SC

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday said those found guilty of pilfering essential commodities meant for the poor under various government welfare schemes could not expect any leniency or sympathy from the judiciary on the quantum of sentence.

Ex-RSS chief Sudarshan goes missing for 5 hours

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Five hours of tension ended in relief when former RSS chief KS Sudarshan, who went missing at the crack of dawn on Friday, reached home safely just before noon.

First UPA panel meet on August 8

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

The newly constituted UPA coordination committee is expected to hold its first meeting before the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament on August 8, with the proposed food security law and drought-like conditions expected to be on the agenda.
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